JPS60232348A - Document conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely prevent the wrong operation of a document conveyor, by providing a mode changeover sensor which detects that a changeover means is shifted to a thin original feed position or a thick original feed position, and by moving a platen only when the detection is performed by the sensor. CONSTITUTION:When a mode changeover lever 38 is shifted to a thin original feed position S, an original is unmovably engaged and fixed to the body 1 of a copying machine, and a thin original feed detection microswitch 46S attached to a bottom plate 39 is turned on by a projection 38C of the changeover lever 38 to apply the detection of the shift of the lever to a control circuit to reciprocate only a platen 3. When the mode changeover lever 38 is shifted to a thick original feed position, the original feeder 2 is engaged and fixed to the platen 3, and a thick original feed detection microswitch 46B attached to the bottom plate 39 is turned on by a projection 38D of the changeover lever 38 to apply the detection of the shift of the lever to the control circuit to reciprocate both the platen 3 and the original feeder 2 together.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a device for conveying a document to a reading position in a copying machine, facsimile, or other device for reading and processing documents.

[Conventional technology and problems]

In recent years, various document reading and processing devices have become popular for transmitting information.
It has become widely used even in small businesses. In order to streamline and automate the work of such processing devices as much as possible, various devices for automatically transporting documents to the document reading position of the processing devices have been developed and put into practical use.

The information to be transmitted includes a thin sheet document and a thick document, such as a book document. There is a need for a document reading and processing device that can be used for both of these types of documents, and is also required to be compact, simple in handling operations, inspection and maintenance, and low cost.

The biggest bottleneck in meeting the above-mentioned requirements is mainly the problem of switching the conveyance of sheet (thin) originals and book (thick) originals to the reading section.

[Purpose, structure, and effect of the invention]

This invention was developed with the aim of obtaining something that does not have such problems.
, a platen glass or document table 3 that reciprocates to convey documents to the reading position 8, and a document feeder 2 that feeds a sheet document 0 (S) (FIG. 2) toward the document table 3. Consists of Department. It is provided with means 38, 43-44 for switching between sheet document processing and book document processing, and in the case of sheet document processing, the sheet document feeder 2 is connected to the main device 1 and stopped, and the sheet document 0 (S) is stopped. The sheet is fed from the document feeding device 2 toward the document table 3 that moves back and forth.

In the case of a book document, the sheet document feeder 2 is switched to reciprocate together with the document table 3, and the book document 0 (B) (FIG. 7) placed on the document table 3 is transferred to the sheet document feeder 2. It is constructed so that it can be conveyed by holding it down with 2.

By configuring as described above, a document conveying device that can be used for both sheet mode and book mode can be configured easily and compactly. And just by operating the mode switching lever 38,
Mechanical conversion of sheet document transport to book document transport is performed, and reversible switching to book/sheet can be performed immediately, and the operation is simple and low cost.

The present invention also includes a mode switching sensor that detects whether the switching means has been switched to the thin original feeding side or the thick original feeding side, and the switching means has been switched to the thin original feeding side or the thick original feeding side. The document platen can be driven to move only when it is detected that the document table has been moved.

In other words, under the conditions other than the above, that is, when the document feeder is not engaged with either the main unit or the document table, operation is kept in a prohibited state, thereby strictly preventing malfunction of the device. It can be prevented.

Although the present invention is applied to various document reading devices, it is particularly suitable for application to electronic copying machines and miniaturization thereof.

〔Example〕

An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an electronic copying machine will be described below.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the external appearance, and Figure 2 is a vertical front view. 1 is a copying machine with a movable document table (hereinafter referred to as a copy machine), 2 is a document feeder, and 3 is a transparent document table that is interlocked with cables. Or, by interlocking the pinion rack, the figures 1 and 2 can be attached to the copier main body.
The position indicated by the solid line in the diagram is the home position, and the position is 2 to the left on the diagram.
It is driven forward as shown by the dotted chain line a, and when it reaches the end point of the forward movement, it is driven back to the initial home position. The reciprocating drive mechanism is omitted from the drawings because a well-known mechanism can be used as appropriate.

When copying a sheet original (hereinafter referred to as sheet mode), the original feeding device 2 is fixed to the copying machine main body l side by switching means 38 and 43, which will be described later. A sheet document 0 (
S) (FIG. 2) is guided to the document table 3 moving leftward and subjected to slit exposure, and sent to the document tray 6 when the document table moves backward.

In the case of copying a book or other thick original (hereinafter referred to as book mode), the switching means 38 and 44 fix the original feeding device 2 to the original platen 3 side. The paper discharge tray 6 is rotated around the hinge portion 6a as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 6, and folded onto the paper feed tray 4. Place the document on the document table 3 while temporarily raising it from the document table 3 around the shaft 45, and place the document 0 (B) on the document table 3.
) (FIG. 7) The device 2 is placed on top as a document holder, and the document feeding device 2 is also caused to reciprocate together with the document table 3.

A document processing mechanism is housed in the copying machine main body 1 as shown in the second figure. This example shows an example of an electronic copying mechanism.
Slit exposure section 8, original illumination lamp 88 8a, reflection mirror 9. ~94, imaging lens 10, photosensitive drum 11, charger 12, 13, developing section 14, transfer section 15, cleaning section 16, transfer paper feeding section 17, transfer paper guides 18 and 19,
It consists of a fixing device 20 and a tray 21.

3.φ FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional side view taken along the line ■-■ and the line V-v in FIG. 1, respectively. One side of the document table 3 (the opposite side in FIG. 1) is supported by a receiving plate 23 inside the main body l via an Accuride rail 22 arranged in the reciprocating direction of the document table 3, and As shown in FIGS. 1.5 to 7, the side edges are fitted into and supported by guide rails 24 disposed on the main body 1 in the direction of reciprocating movement of the document table 3, and are guided along the rails. 25 is manuscript table 3
It is a frame plate attached to one side of the frame and extended laterally. Also,
An Accuride rail 27 is also fixed to the frame plate 25, and a bottom plate 39 of the document feeder 2 is fixedly supported on this rail.

The document table 3 has rails 22 and 22 in the forward direction a and backward direction.
24, but is immovable in a direction perpendicular to the ASB direction. Also, the document feeder 2
Similarly, it can slide along the rail 27 in the directions a and b, but is immovable in the direction perpendicular to the a and b directions.

In other words, the document table 3 and the document feeder 2 can each independently slide in the aφb direction with respect to the copying machine main body l, but remain immovable in the direction perpendicular to the aeb direction.

A pair of positioning rollers 26 (FIGS. 1, 5, 6, and 7) are provided on the left and right sides of the front side of the document feeder 2. Also, 2
Reference numeral 8 denotes a pair of cams extending from the bottom plate 39, and one pair is provided on the left and right sides. Reference numeral 29 denotes a pair of guides formed in a part of the document feeding device 2, and a pair of guides are formed on the left and right sides of the rear side of the position facing the cam 28.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a sheet mode/book mode switching shaft, and this shaft is connected to a pair of left and right cut pieces 39a, 39a (first part) cut upward from the bottom plate 39 of the document feeder 2, which is attached and supported by the Accuride rail 27. As shown in FIG. 8), the document table 3 is rotatably supported by bearings with its axis parallel to the direction of reciprocating movement of the document table 3. 3
9b and 39b are bearings attached to the cut and raised pieces 39a and the fist 39a.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a mode switching lever that is fixed approximately at the center of the mode switching shaft 7, and the shaft 7 is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise by this lever.

A total of four opening/closing swing plates 42 (Fig. 8), two on each end of the left and right sides of this shaft 7, are fixed, and each of the two opening/closing swing plates 42 on the left and right sides has a link 40
One end side of the two is connected via a shaft 41. The other ends of the left and right links 40 are connected to the document feeder 2 via a shaft 45.
This is by concatenating them.

The document table 3 and document feeder 2 are positioned at the home position shown by solid lines in Figures 1 and 2 (if the document table 3 and document feeder 2 are deviated from the home position for some reason, etc. by hand to position them at their respective home positions.When the document table 3 is located at the home position, the home position sensor (detected by the sensor toH of the control circuit in FIG. 16) switches the mode. When the lever 38 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 3 about the shaft 7 and switched to the seat mode S position as shown by the solid line, the protrusion 38A of the switching lever 38 is fixed to the main body 1. The document feeder M2 is thereby fixedly fixed to the copying machine main body 1. Also, due to this switching, the switching lever 38 The protrusion 38C is the bottom plate 39
Seat mode detection microswitch 4 investigated by
The switching of 6S to ONL, seat mode is detected and input to the control circuit 100 (FIG. 16).

On the other hand, as the switching lever 38 is rotated to switch to the seat mode S position, the shaft 7 and the opening/closing rocking plate 42 fixed to the shaft rotate clockwise. This causes the opening/closing swing plate 42 to move to the fifth position.
As shown in the figure, the rocking plate 4 is in an upward standing position.
The entire portion of the document feeder 2 on the document table 3 side, which is connected to the document feeder 2 via the link 40, is drawn toward the shaft 7, and the positioning roller 26 is placed on the guide rail 2-4, and the guide 29 is placed on the cam. By being placed on the document feeding device 28, the document feeding device 2 is positioned with respect to the platen glass 3 in the height direction. In this state, a gap 31 is created between the pressure bonding sheet 30 provided in the document feeder 2 and the document table 3.

Conversely, when the mode switching lever 38 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG.
A is removed from the recess 43A of the fixing member 43 on the copying machine main body 1 side, but another protrusion 38B of the lever 38
It fits into the recess 44A of the document table fixing member 44 fixed to the side. As a result, the document feeder 2 is moved to the copying machine main body 1 (l
The lock with Il is released, and on the contrary, it is locked on the document table 3 side. Also, upon this switching, the protrusion 38D of the switching lever 38 detects that the book mode detection microswitch 46B attached to the bottom plate 39 has been switched to ONL, which is input to the control circuit 100.

On the other hand, as the switching lever 38 is switched to the book mode B position, the shaft 7 and the opening/closing swing plate 42 are rotated counterclockwise. As a result, the opening/closing swing plate 42 changes from the upward standing position shown in FIG. 5 to the sideways falling position shown in FIG. 2 on the document table 3 side is entirely pushed and moved in the direction away from the shaft 7 side, and the positioning roller 2
6 comes off from the top of the guide rail 24 and falls down, and the guide 29 comes off from the top of the cam 28 and falls down. The fifth place 42 is the fifth place.
From the state shown in the figure, as shown in Figure 6, the crimp seam) 30
It is converted to a state in which it is in contact with a surface.

On the outer surfaces of the left and right ends of the opening/closing rocking plate 42 fixed to the mode switching shaft 7, there are horizontal bins 42 as shown in FIGS. 8-9.
a, and install a trouble spring 4 between each pin and the bottom plate 39.
2b is stretched. This trouble spring stably maintains the switching state of the switching lever 38 in the sheet mode S position or the book mode B position.

That is, when in sheet mode S, the document feeder 2 is locked to the main body of the copying machine l and is moved back and forth only about the document table 3. The document feeder 2 is installed with a gap 31 between the document table 3 and the pressure bonding sheet 30 so that the document feeder 2 can pass smoothly between the document table 3 and the pressure bonding sheet 30, and in order to prevent contact sliding load between the document table 3 and the pressure bonding sheet 30 during reciprocating movement of the document table 3. Displace it so that it occurs. When in book mode B, the document feeder 2 is locked to the document table 3 side and reciprocated together with the document table 3. In this case, the document feeder 2 is moved in order to bring the book document into close contact with the document table 3. The pressure bonding sheet 30 surface is configured to be displaced in a direction in which it comes into contact with the document table 3 surface.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the document conveyance/discharge roller mechanism portion of the document feeder 2, FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the section taken along line XI-XI in FIG. 10, and FIG. 12 is the section taken along line ■-■ in FIG. 13 is a rear view of the drive system.

In FIG. 11, reference numerals 51 and 52 are a front plate and a rear plate of the document feeder M2, to which a front arm support shaft 531 and a rear arm support shaft 532 are fixed, respectively. Further, each of the arm support shafts 531 and 532 has a conveyor roller arm 54.
- 542 is swingably supported. Conveyance roller 56
is fixed to the conveyance roller shaft 55. Conveyance roller 55
is rotatably supported by the conveyance roller arms 54□ and 542. Conveyance roller springs 57 (FIG. 1θ) are hung on the conveyance roller arms 541 and 542, respectively, and press the conveyance roller 56 against the surface of the document table 3.

A paper discharge drive arm 58 and an idler gear 59 (FIGS. 11-13) are supported on the rear arm support shaft 532.

Further, a paper ejection drive shaft 60 is fixedly mounted on the paper ejection drive arm 58, and a paper ejection drive and reroller 61, which is integrated with a gear 61a meshing with an idler gear 59, is rotatable on the shaft 60. is supported by A friction plate 62 is attached on the frame plate 25 in the direction of reciprocating movement of the document table 3.
The paper discharge drive and reroller 61 are in contact with this friction plate 62 and are rotationally driven by the reciprocating movement of the document table 3.

Reference numeral 63 denotes a paper ejection roller shaft, on which a paper ejection roller 64 and a paper ejection gear 65 made of an elastic material such as sponge are fixedly mounted. The paper ejection gear 65 meshes with the idler gear 59, and drives the paper ejection and reroller 61 as the document table 3 reciprocates.
The rotation of gear 61a, idler gear 5911, paper discharge gear 6
5. It is transmitted to the paper discharge roller 64 via the shaft 63, and the roller 64 rotates.

66 (Fig. 1O, 12, 13) is the paper feed roller shaft;
A paper feed roller 67 and a paper feed gear 68 are fixedly installed, and are rotatably supported by bearings between the front side plate 51 and the rear side plate 52. A document holding arm 69 is rotatably engaged on the paper feed roller shaft 66, and the document holding arm 69 rotatably supports a document holding roller shaft 71 on which a document holding roller 70 is fixed. ing. Further, a document presser spring 72 (FIG. 1θ) is hung on the document presser arm 69, and presses the document presser roller 70 against the surface of the document table 3.

A paper feed drive shaft 74 is mounted on a paper feed drive arm 73 (FIGS. 12 and 13) rotatably supported on the paper feed roller shaft 66.
A gear 75a meshed with the paper feed gear 68, and a paper feed drive and reroller 75 integrated with the gear 75a are rotatably supported on the shaft 74. The paper feed drive and reroller 75 is in contact with the surface of the friction plate 62 in the same manner as the above-mentioned paper ejection drive and reroller 61, and is driven to rotate with the reciprocating motion of the document table 3, and the rotation is caused by the rotation of the paper feed roller. 67 via gear 75a, gear 68, and shaft 66, and the roller 67 is rotationally driven.

In other words, as will be described later, in the sheet mode, the conveyance roller 56 and document holding roller 70 that press the sheet document against the surface of the document table 3 simply transfer and rotate the document table 3 surface as the document table 3 reciprocates to hold the document. Press the document onto the platen surface and eject roller 64
- The paper feed roller 67 is provided separately from the transport roller 56 and the document holding roller 70, respectively, and is driven to rotate by receiving power transmission from the drive for converting the forward motion of the document table 3 into rotational motion and the rerollers 61 and 75. With this configuration, the original is conveyed together with the original table 3 without any misalignment on the surface of the original table.

76 (Fig. 1θ) is a paper feed swing shaft, and on the shaft there is a plate spring 78 that supports the paper feed roller 77 and a registration shutter 79.
are integrally provided. Further, a paper feed swing arm 80 (FIG. 13) is fixedly mounted on the paper feed swing shaft 76.

This paper feed swing arm is engaged with a paper feed plunger link 82 that is engaged with a paper feed plunger 81, and is swung around a shaft 76 as the paper feed plunger 81 is turned on and off.

When the paper feed plunger 81 is off, the leaf spring 78 and the registration shutter 79 are held in the first position shown by the solid line in FIG. 1O, and when it is on, they are held in the second position shown by the two-dot chain line. In the first position, the paper feed roller 77 is the above-mentioned paper feed roller 6
7, and the tip of the registration shutter 79 is located at the sheet exit portion of the sheet feed path 5a extending from the paper feed port 5 to the document table 3, so that the sheet exit portion is closed. In the second position, the paper feed roller 77 descends relative to the paper feed roller 67 and is held in contact with the paper feed roller, and the tip of the registration shutter 79 escapes from the sheet exit portion of the paper feed sheet path 5a. The sheet exit section is held open by the movement.

Reference numeral 83 (FIG. 1θ) is, for example, a reflective optical sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a document, which is disposed in the paper feed sheet path 5a.

Reference numeral 84 denotes a sheet original scooping shaft, and a sheet original scooping sheet 85 is attached to and supported by the shaft. As will be described later, this scooping sheet 85 serves to separate the read-processed sheet original from the original table 3 in the sheet mode. 86 (FIG. 13) is a scooping swing arm fixedly attached to the scooping shaft 84. This arm 86 is engaged with a scooping plunger link 88 that is engaged with a scooping plunger 87, and swings about the shaft 84 as the scooping plunger 87 is turned on and off. When the plunger 87 is off, the tip of the scooping sheet 85 is located at the 10th position away from the surface of the document table 3.
It is held in the first attitude shown by the solid line in the figure, and when it is on, it is held in the second attitude where the tip is in contact with the surface of the document table 3 as shown by the two-dot chain line. The scooping sheet 85 is made of an elastic sheet-like material such as a Mylar sheet (polyethylene terephthalate sheet) so that it uniformly contacts the entire width when it contacts the surface of the document table 3.

By constructing the sheet original scooping means with the elastic sheet-like body 85 in this manner, it is possible to reliably and smoothly peel off the sheet original that is in close contact with the original on the original table 3 without damaging the original.

Regarding this sheet document scooping sheet 85, if the tangent line of the sheet to the document table 3 is perpendicular to the reciprocating direction of the document table 3, the edge end surface of the full width of the sheet document will be the tip of the document scooping sheet 85. It is conceivable that the entire width of the document may hit the edge of the document at once, causing a shock to the document, damaging the document edge or causing the document to shift.

Therefore, in this example, as shown in FIG. 14, a tangent 301 between the scooping sheet 85 and the document table 3 is at a certain angle .theta. In other words, original O(S) and scooping sheet 85
Adjust the angle θ so that the documents collide smoothly and the original is scooped up.
is the provision. Especially the first corner part 3
04 has a larger angle θ'.

In this way, by attaching the scooping means at an angle to the edge line of the document so that the document and the scooping means do not collide with the full width at once, the document is always scooped smoothly from the document table.

Further, the positional relationship in the depth direction between the scooping sheet 85 and the document is such that the back wall on the paper feed tray is configured such that the back edge of the document is always located at the steeply angled portion 304 of the scooping sheet. .

The platen glass 3, which is a document table, has a surface with a friction coefficient greater than the friction coefficient between the document 0 (S) and the conveying roller 56 and document holding roller 70, which are auxiliary means for pressing the document onto the document table surface, as shown by reference numeral 3a in FIG. , a transparent material layer (friction sheet layer) is formed of a material that increases the coefficient of friction between the document and the document table. This layer 3a is formed by laminating, for example, Mylar sheets that are thin and transparent so as not to affect the image. Alternatively, the surface of the document table 3 may be directly coated with a material having a high friction coefficient. for example! Coat with something like To (indium oxide salt) film.

By forming such a layer 3a, even if the device vibrates and the document holding means vibrates against the document table, the document does not stick to the document table side due to the frictional force with the above-mentioned material layer. No misalignment will occur.

The transparent document table is not limited to glass, and any material that can be used as a document table, such as transparent plastic, can be used.

A Sheet document processing (sheet mode) (1) Rotate the paper output tray 6 to the left side of the document feeder 2 around the hinge part 6a (Figure 1) as shown by the solid line in Figures 1 and 2-10. . With the document table 3 and the document feeder 2 at the home position, the mode switching lever 38 is set to the sheet mode S position. As a result, the document feeding device 2 is immovably locked to the copying machine main body l side as described above (FIG. 3). The fact that the microswitch 463 is turned on to switch to the seat mode is input to the control circuit 100. The paper feed plunger 81 is in the off state, so the leaf spring 78 and the registration shutter 79 are kept in the first position shown by solid lines in FIG.
7, and the sheet exit portion of the paper feed sheet path 5a is closed by a registration shutter 79. The scooping plunger 87 is in the off state,
Therefore, the scooping sheet 85 is held in the first position shown by the solid line in FIG.

(2) Place the sheet original 0 (S) (Fig. 2) to be copied on the paper feed tray 4 of the document feeder 2 with the image surface facing downward, and place the leading edge of the original on the paper feed tray 4 of the document feeder 2. path 5a
Insert the document until the leading edge of the document hits the registration shutter 79. This document insertion is detected by sensor 83, and a document presence signal is input to control circuit 100.

(3) Using the operation panel 93 of the copying machine main body 1, set the number of copies, paper size, copy magnification, copy image density, and other copy conditions. These setting conditions are input to the control circuit 100. Then, the copy start button 93a is turned on.

(The forward movement a of the document table 3 is started. At the same time, the paper feed plunger 81 is turned on, and the paper feed roller 77 pinches the leading edge of the document inserted into the paper feed sheet path 5a and feeds it. It is pressed against the paper roller 67 and the registration shutter 79
is released (the second posture state shown by the two-dot chain line in Fig. 1θ).

Paper feeding drive and reroller 75 accompanying the forward movement a of the document table 3
transfers on the friction plate 62, and its rotational force is applied to the paper feed roller 67.
The roller 67 begins to rotate in the document drawing direction. The rotational force of the paper feed roller 67 feeds the document onto the document table 3.
The sheets are synchronously conveyed from the feeding sheet path 5a to the surface of the document table 3 at the same speed as the forward movement speed of the document table 3, and while being in close contact with the document table 3 one after another, slipping occurs between the document table 3 and the document table surface. Then, the transported document passes through the slit exposure section 8 together with the forward document table 3, and is then further conveyed while being pressed against the surface of the document table 3 by the conveying roller 56. As the document passes through the slit exposure section 8 together with the forward document table 3, the downward image surface of the document is sequentially subjected to slit exposure processing from the leading edge of the document to the trailing edge, and the copying process of the document image is performed. This is executed by the copying mechanism inside the copying machine main body l.

As the document progresses with the forward movement a of the document table 3, when the trailing edge of the document passes the sensor 83 position, the sensor 83 detects the passage, and the signal is sent to the control circuit 100. is input.

The timer circuit is then started from that signal point in time. The timer circuit is configured such that the document is transported as the document table 3 continues to move forward from the time of the above-mentioned signal, and the trailing edge of the document passes through the slit exposure section 8 and reaches a position Q (No. The required conveyance time until reaching the position (1θ diagram, the position where the conveyance roller 56 is not completely removed) is set in advance as a timer time. 2. When the predetermined timer period elapses after the sensor 83 detects that the trailing edge of the document has passed the sensor 83 position, the forward movement a of the document table 3 is stopped. Therefore, after the document table 3 starts to move forward, the document sequentially passes through eight positions from the leading edge to the trailing edge as described above, and the entire surface thereof is subjected to exposure processing.

In other words, the document detection sensor 83/timer detects the length (length and size) of the document sent from the document feeder t2 to the document table 3 in the feeding direction, and the forward movement length of the document table 3 is controlled to be large or small accordingly. be done. In other words, the forward movement of the document table 3 is controlled by the necessary forward movement distance depending on the size of the document. Therefore, there is no wasted operation or wasted operation time of the document table 3, and the time for one document processing cycle is shortened.

The document table 3 whose forward drive a has been stopped is then switched to the backward drive, and the exposed document is also transported in the backward motion together with the night shift document table 3 without being pressed by the conveyance roller 56.

The number of copies preset here is 1 (single copy)
In this case, the scooping plunger 87 is turned on at the same time as the document table 3 starts to be driven back, and the scooping sheet 85 is turned on.
The document platen 3 is moved to the second position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
The sheet is deflected and guided from the surface into the discharge sheet path 89 and placed on the document table 3.
With the backward movement a, the sheet enters into the sheet path 8 and 9. The paper ejecting roller 64 is rotated in the paper ejecting direction by the paper ejecting drive and the transfer of the reroller 61 on the friction plate 62 as described above with the backward movement of the document table 3. The exposed original that has entered is further conveyed in an intermediate manner by this rotating paper ejection roller 64, and is ejected onto the paper ejection tray 6 with the image side facing upward until the document table 3 has returned to its initial home position. . After returning to the home position, the document table 3 enters a standby state until the next document is set and the copy start button 93a is pressed.

Also, on the L side of the copying machine, the original is placed in the output tray 6 as shown above.
One copy cycle has been completed by the time the copy is ejected upward, and the copy is ejected onto the copy tray 21 with the image surface facing upward. That is, both the original document and its copy are discharged onto the paper discharge tray 6 and the copy tray 21, respectively, with the image surface facing upward.

Further, when the preset number of copies is a plurality of copies (multi-copy), the scooping plunger 87 is held in the off state even if the backward drive of the document table 3 is started. That is, the scooping sheet 85 continues to be held in the first attitude with its leading end separated from the document table 3. Therefore, in this case, when the document table 3 moves back, the document on the top surface of the document table 3 is also conveyed to the gap 31 between the document table 3 and the pressure-bonded sheet 30 of the document feeder 2, and the document presser roller 70 is pressed on the way. The document is pressed against the surface of the document table 3 and further conveyed together with the reciprocating document table 3. The document table 3 moves back to the initial home position and is stopped. Subsequently, the drive is again switched to forward drive a. Note that the distance between the conveyance roller 56 and the document holding roller 70 is shorter than the minimum length of the original document on the document table 3, so during the backward movement process of the document table 3, at least one roller is always pressed against the document table 3. It is pressed into the surface, and the original platen 3
Even when the document moves back to the home position, the leading edge of the document is at position R in Figure 1θ, and the 1M document is pressed against the third surface of the document table by the document holding roller 70, so the sliding position of the document relative to the third surface of the document table is No deviation occurs.

Then, as the document table 3 is driven forward again a, the document on top of it is also conveyed in the document forward direction together with the document table 3 and sequentially passes through the slit exposure section 8 to undergo the second exposure process. 6jX where the second copy process is executed in the main body of the copying machine
For the forward movement of the manuscript table 3 for the second and subsequent sheets, the length of movement during the first copying process is stored in the control circuit lOO, and the forward movement is performed in the direction of the forward movement length. Thereafter, by repeatedly reciprocating the original platen 3 for the set number of copies, the slit mist of the original is repeatedly created, and multiple copies set on the copy tray 21 are sequentially ejected with the image side facing upward even if they fall over. be done.

Then, when the final forward movement a of the document table 3 is completed and the document table 3 then starts to move backward, the scooping plunger 87 is turned on at the same time, and from then on, the same operation as in the case of the single copy described above is performed. The original is ejected onto the paper ejection tray 6 with the image side facing upward. The document table 3, which has finally returned to its home position, enters a standby state until the next document is set and the copy start button 93a is pressed. Further, the leaf spring 78 and the registration shutter 79 are returned to their initial first postures when the paper feed plunger 81 is turned off, and the scooping sheet 85 is also returned to the initial first posture when the scooping plunger 87 is turned off.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a circuit for performing the above-mentioned operation, and shows a well-known one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as MC0M) 100 with built-in ROM-RAM, etc.
It is mainly composed of MC0M100 input capo)
The above-mentioned copy start button 93 is on P o to P4.
a. Signals from the home position sensor lO1 that detects whether the document table 3 of the copying machine is in a predetermined position, the sheet/thick document switching microswitches 463 and 46B, and the document detection sensor 83 in the document feeder 2 are detected. is input.

In addition, from the output ports Fo-F3, the respective drivers Do
The forward drive mechanism 102 and the backward drive mechanism 1゜3 drive the document table 3, which is a load, through the document feeder. An output signal is output.

Reading these input signals or turning on/off the load is done by M.
It is controlled according to a program stored in ROM in C0M100. That is, when the switching lever 38 is set to seat mode S, the switch 463 is turned on (step 105 in FIG. 17A). When the sheet original O(S) is inserted along the tray 4 from the paper feed port 5 until the leading edge hits the shutter 79, the optical sensor 83 detects paper cloth (step 106). Sheet mode copying operation starts by turning on the start button 93a (stay, step 107)
As a result, the forward movement of the document table 3 is turned on and the paper feed plunger 81 is turned on.
On (Shutter 79 open) (Step 200 in Figure 17B)
.

Step 201 = [Forward timer] → start/end,
Document glass forward drive off.

Step 202 = [Setting number of copies] -1 If #0, the scooping plunger 87 is turned off and the original platen back-drive drive is turned on.

Step 203 - home position detection, return drive off.

Step 204=[Set number of copies per copy] If -1=0, the scooping plunger 87 is turned off and the copying operation ends (END).

When copying a plurality of sheets at once, the scooping plunger 87 is inactivated (remains off) in step 202, and the process returns to step 200 when the number of copies is 1 to 0 in step 204, and the operation is repeated until the number of sheets becomes 0.

B. Thick Original Processing (Book Mode) (1) The paper discharge tray 6 is folded onto the paper feed tray 4 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Set the mode switching lever 38 to the book mode B position. As a result, as described above, the document feeder 2 is locked to the document table 3 side, and the document table 3 and the document feeder 2 become integrally capable of forward and backward movement. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the original pressing sheet 30 of the original feeding device 2 is brought into close contact with the upper surface of the original table 3. The fact that the microswitch 46B is turned on and the book mode is switched is input to the control circuit 100. Feed plunger 81 and scoop plunger 87 are always kept off in this mode.

(2) Move the document feeder M2 to the shaft 4 as shown by the two-dot chain line in Figure 6.
5 from the top of the document table 3 in the center, place the thick document 0 (B) to be copied at a predetermined position on the document table 3 with the image side to be copied facing downward, and then The opened device 2 is used as a document holder and is folded over as shown in FIG.

(3) Set various required copying conditions using the operation panel 93 of the copying machine main body 1, and then turn on the copy start button 93a.

(4) Then, the document table 3 will be placed on top of the thick document 0 (B
) and the document feeder are mounted, the forward movement a is started.

Due to the forward movement a of the document table 3, the downward image surface of the thick document set thereon sequentially passes through the slit exposure section 8 from the leading edge to the trailing edge and is exposed to light, and the image of the document is copied. This is executed by the copying mechanism inside the copying machine main body l.

For example, when the document table 3 moves forward a distance corresponding to the copy paper size used, it changes to the backward movement and returns to the initial home position.In the case of single copying, it then enters a standby state, and in the case of multicopying, it changes the setting After the reciprocating drive is repeated a number of times corresponding to the number of copies, a standby state is entered.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is an external perspective view, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional front view including the main body of the copying machine, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line m-m in FIG. 1. Figure 4 is a sectional view of the engaging protrusion and the engaging recess, Figure 5 is a sectional view taken along the line v-v in Figure 1, Figure 6 is the same view when converted to book mode, Figure 7 is the thick Figure 8 is a plan view of the mode switching lever mechanism, Figure 9 is an enlarged side view of the trouble spring part, and Figure 10 is a diagram of the sheet document conveyance/ejection roller mechanism. Enlarged sectional view, Figure 11 is Figure 10 XI-X
12 is a cross-sectional view of the I-line section, Figure 13 is a rear view of the drive system, Figure 14 is a plan view of the original scooping sheet, and Figure 15 is a cross-sectional view of the I-line section. is the same sectional view, Figure 16 is a block diagram of the control circuit, Figures 17A and 17B
The figure is a flowchart. 1 is the main unit, 2 is the document feeder, 3 is the reciprocating document table,
8 is a document reading position, and 38 is a sheet/book document feed switching lever.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Consisting of a main unit that reads and processes documents, a document table that is placed on top of the main device and moves back and forth to convey documents to the reading position, and a document feeder that feeds thin documents toward the document table; It is equipped with means for switching between feeding thin originals and feeding thick originals, and in the case of feeding thin originals, a sheet original feeding device is fixedly connected to the main unit, and only the original platen is reciprocated, and the sheet original feeding is By cooperating with auxiliary means provided in the device, the originals sent from the sheet document feeder are reciprocated as one, and in the case of thick document feeding, the sheet document feeder is fixedly coupled to the document table. The device is configured to perform a switching operation such that a pressing action is applied to the document placed on the document table to cause the document to reciprocate, and the switching means is configured to switch between the thin document feeding side and the thick document feeding side. It is equipped with a mode switching sensor that detects the switching, so that the document table can be driven to move only when it is detected that the switching means has been switched to the thin document feeding side or the thick document feeding side. A document conveying device characterized by: